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Robin, Yes, I would like to have the dead zone as small as possible. The other night I believe I ultimately settled on 25 pixels, but I'd prefer it to be less than 10. But then the noise in the samples becomes significant; when a sample breaks out of the dead zone, SharpCap wakes up and issues a lar...

Robin, Got my GP back from being relubed and was able to test Feature Tracking calibration last night using the prerelease option. Calibration went without a hitch. It did take quite a while watching the scatter plot to then translate that calibration into settings that did not leave the Moon jumpin...

Robin, FYI a few nights ago the frame rate on my ASI183MC also dropped to zero for no apparent reason. I've rarely had any problems with the camera. The camera was connected, there were no errors, the frame rate just fell to 1 and then ultimately 0 and stayed there. I closed and reopened SharpCap an...

Thanks, Robin. Will test ASAP.

Good to hear. My GP is in the process of being torn down by a friend m to be de- and re-greased with a lubricating oil instead of a sticky grease. I am hopeful that will make the mount easier to calibrate and guide. It isn’t only SharpCap that had trouble; PHD2 could (sometimes) calibrate, but the g...

Thank you, Robin. Still no chance to try to generate a log yet.

The mount had just been mechanically adjusted the day before to remove all but the smallest amount of backlash (a little is needed to avoid binding). I don't believe the EQMOD software has any backlash compensation, at least none that I can see on the setup while not connected to the mount at the mo...

Robin, Yes, it was measuring them just fine. The rates are just very different, by almost an order of magnitude, like 60 vs 8. Can’t say i understand it, as it does not match my experience of manually slewing with the hand controller or the screen controls. I was easily able to manually bump the poi...

I tried to use Feature Tracking for the eclipse today with my Vixen GP. The mount was just adjusted yesterday by a very experienced guy to remove all but the tiniest bit of backlash. The movement on both axes is as smooth as butter. But SharpCap couldn't calibrate Feature Tracking because the rates ...

Hey now. I didn't promise anything. This is Robin's show and he has a million things to do. So don't get your hopes up. :O)

It would be awesome though. ;O)